"mike regish" wrote in message
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I've seen tests of these paragliders where the test pilot hauls in one
whole side of the chute and goes into a spiral, rapid descent. The chute
needs to be able to redeploy on its own when released. Don't know if even
this would have gotten her down, but it might have worked.

mike

I've seen that done with airfoil parachutes, but paragliders have far more
canopy area. I can understand how a severe updraft would overcome whatever
you tried to do to descend.

The reserve chute sounds like a great idea, but it sounds like a great idea
for those of us flying a powered aircraft too, and I don't see many GA
pilots with chutes.

KB